You know that a week actually focused on the issues is too good to be true, right?
But since Obama is surging in the polls and, it's time for the corporate media to (drumroll, please)...change the subject to race. Here's the headliner story on Politico right now:
Racial considerations that have long been palpable in southern Ohio and other crucial regions are again in the foreground. A new poll that accompanied a much buzzed-about Associated Press article on Saturday appears to starkly quantify the cost of racism to Obama: 6 percentage points in the polls.
And Friday's debate will bring the campaign to the Deep South and offer the symbolism of an integrated debate at Ole Miss, the scene of a brutal battle over integration a generation ago. That conversation creates a moment with risks for both candidates — though perhaps greater risks for Obama.
Oh, Lord. Here we go again.
Never mind that Nate Silver does a great job of pointing out the flaws in the AP-Yahoo Poll.
Never mind that we are in the middle of economic turmoil and that Friday's debate is going to be about Foreign Policy. The media wants to talk about race for the 36th time (or so) in this election.
I hope I am wrong, but I have a feeling that the AP poll and the front-page Politico story are previews of a return to racial narrative relatively soon.
Who will be the supporting characters in this orchestrated diversion?
Maybe there will be an outrageous ad from McCain or a 527 designed to provoke discussion on race.
Bill Clinton is set to be interviewed this week on The Daily Show and Larry King Live. I wonder if something he says will be used as excuse to revisit the trumped-up racial controversies of the primary.
And then we will get to the debate on Friday. I am guessing the pundits will be talking all about race and all about how foreign policy is supposedly John McCain's strength.
We had a good week. We're seeing better poll numbers.
But that just means we have a big target on our backs, not just from the republicans, but also from the corporate media as well.